Order of Ouissam Alaouite

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Order of Ouissam Alaouite

The Order of Ouissam Alaouite (Arabic: الوسام العلوي الشريف) or the Sharifian Order of Al-Alaoui[citation needed] is a military decoration of Morocco which is bestowed by the King of Morocco upon those civilians and military officers who have displayed heroism in combat or have contributed meritorious service to the Moroccan state. The decoration was established on 11 January 1913 in replacement of the Order of Ouissam Hafidien. It is awarded in five classes: Grand Cordon (Grand Cordon), Grand Officer (Grand Officier), Commander (Commandeur), Officer (Officier) and Knight (Chevalier).[1]

Quick Facts Order of Ouissam Alaouiteالوسام العلوي الشريف, Awarded by The King of Morocco ...
Order of Ouissam Alaouite
الوسام العلوي الشريف
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Grand Cordon Extraordinary grade (golden star) set of the Order
Awarded by The King of Morocco
Established11 January 1913
Royal houseAlaouite
Religious affiliationIslam
Awarded forDisplaying heroism in combat or contributing meritorious service to the Moroccan state
StatusCurrently constituted
SovereignKing Mohammed VI
GradesGrand Cordon
Grand Officer
Commander
Officer
Knight
Precedence
Next (higher)Order of Muhammad
Next (lower)Order of Fidelity
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Ribbon bar of the Order

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The Order of Ouissam Alaouite is similar to the Legion of Merit, awarded by the United States military.

History

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The 1913 to 1934 Knight of the Order of Ouissan Alaouite Medal.

The order of Ouissam Alaouite was created during the colonial period. The French authorities in Morocco considered it necessary to have the power to bestow an official honour or decoration in response to loyal service; and they wanted to avoid over-burdening the bureaucracy of the order of the Légion d'Honneur in Paris.[2] The ribbon of the order during this period was a shade of orange[3] or pumpkin-coloured.[4] In 1934, a white stripe was added on each side of the ribbon.

During the Second World War, the Order of Ouissam Alaouite was awarded frequently to United States military personnel who had participated in the planning and execution of Operation Torch, the invasion of French Morocco. Morocco was a protectorate of France from 1912 to 1956, and the decoration was bestowed frequently on French military officers during that period.

After Moroccan independence in 1956, the Alawid Order became a prerogative of the Alawid King and his heirs. The Order continues through the present day, the original medal and the 1934's ribbon unchanged.

Ribbons (1913–1934)
Knight
Officer
Commander
Grand Officer
Grand Cordon
Ribbons (1934–present)
Knight
Officer
Commander
Grand Officer
Grand Cordon

Recipients

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Samuel Clarkson Ellis, MD

Grand cordon

1916

1922

1926

1929

1930

1931

1941

1943

1945

1946

1950

  • De Blesson: general delegate at the residence.[18]

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1962

1970

1980

1987

  • Walter Jesser: German ambassador to Morocco.[43]

1988

1990

1992

1993

1994

1996

1997

1999

2000

2001

2002

  • Michel de Bonnecorse: French ambassador to Morocco.[60]
  • Husein Naci Akinci: Turkish ambassador to Morocco.[61]

2003

2004

2005

2006

  • Óscar Maúrtua: Minister of Foreign Relations of Perú.[75]
  • Siriwat Suthigasame: Ambassador of Thailand to Morocco.[76]
  • Mamadou Saliou Sylla: Ambassador of Guinea to Morocco.

2007

2008

2009

  • Thomas Riley: ambassador of the United States to Morocco.[90]
  • Cheyakh Ould Ely: ambassador of Mauritania to Morocco.[91]
  • Saleh Bekkari: ambassador of Tunisia to Morocco.[92]
  • Jean-François Thibault: ambassador of France to Morocco.
  • Kobina Annan: ambassador of Ghana to Morocco.[93]
  • Hassan Abdelkader: ambassador of Palestine to Morocco.[94]
  • Georgios Georgountzos: ambassador of Greece to Morocco.[95]
  • Kadri Fathi Abdelmottalab: ambassador of Egypt to Morocco.
  • Vercauteren Drubbel: ambassador of Belgium to Morocco.
  • Salah Mohamed Saoud Al-Baïjane: ambassador of Kuwait to Morocco.[96]
  • Mohamad Ben Abdellah Al Farissi: ambassador of Oman to Morocco.[97]
  • Adolfo Zaldivar: president of the Chilean senate.[98]
  • Sigmund Sternberg: president of the Three Religions Forum.[99]
  • Paulette Brisepierre: honorary president of the France-Morocco Friendship Group.

2010

2011

2012

  • Ibrahim Traore: ambassador of Burkina Faso to Morocco
  • François Banga Eboumi: ambassador of Gabon to Morocco[108][109]
  • Timothy Colin Morris: ambassador of United Kingdom to Morocco.[110]
  • Mamadouba Diabaté: ambassador of Guinea to Morocco
  • Bruno Joubert: ambassador of France to Morocco[111][112][113]
  • Sakr Ben Moubarak Al-Mansouri: ambassador of Qatar to Morocco.[114]
  • Fayçal Al Choubaki: former ambassador of Jordan to Morocco.[115]
  • Joao Rosa Là: former ambassador of Portugal to Morocco

2013

  • Khaled Ben Salmane Ben Ahmed Al Khalifa: ambassador of Bahrain to Morocco.[116]
  • Ahmed Hassan Sobh: ambassador of Palestine to Morocco.[117]
  • Boris Bolotine: ambassador of Russia to Morocco.[118]
  • Shlomo Amar: Chief Rabbi.[119]
  • Jean-Luc Bodson: ambassador of Belgium to Morocco.[120]
  • Clifford Nii Amon Kotey: ambassador of Ghana to Morocco.[121]
  • Moussa Ben Hamdan Attaai : ambassador of Oman to Morocco.
  • Alberto Navarro: ambassador of Spain to Morocco.

2014

  • Mohammed Ben Abdurahman Al Becher: ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Morocco.[122]
  • Fred Harald Nomme: ambassador of Norway to Morocco.[123]
  • Toumani Djimé Diallo: former ambassador of Mali to Morocco[124][125]
  • Jack Lang: president of the Arab World Institute in Paris and former French Minister of Culture.[126]
  • Tosari Widjaja: ambassador of Indonesia to Morocco.[127]
  • Kundalee Prachimdhit: former ambassador of Thaïland to Morocco.[128]

2015

  • Bertrand Louis: ambassador of Switzerland to Morocco.[129]
  • Witold Spirydowicz: ambassador of Poland to Morocco.[130]
  • Christina Harttil: ambassador of Finland to Morocco.
  • Charles Fries: ambassador of France to Morocco.[131]
  • Antonio Sozzo: apostolic nuncio in Rabat[132][133]

2016

2019

  • Tarek Aliev: former Azerbaijani ambassador to Morocco.[145]
  • Boriana Ivanova Simeonova: Bulgarian Ambassador to Morocco.[146]
  • Abdu Razzaq Guy Kambogo: former ambassador of Gabon to Morocco[147][148]
  • Abdullah Falah Bin Abdullah Al Dosari: Qatari Ambassador to Morocco.[149]
  • Jean-François Girault: French Ambassador to Morocco.[150]
  • Ousmane Amadou Sy:: ambassador of Mali to Morocco

2020

  • Sladjana Prica Tavciovska: former Serbian ambassador to Morocco[151][152]
  • Maria Rita da Franca Sousa Ferro Levy Gomes: former Portuguese ambassador to Morocco.[153]

2021

2023

  • Cheikh Saeed bin Mohammed bin Ali Albarami: former Omani ambassador to Morocco.[160]
  • Klaus Kogeler: former Austrian ambassador to Morocco[161][162]
  • Julio Bitelli: former Brazilian ambassador to Morocco.[163]
  • Vito Rallo: former apostolic nuncio in Rabat.[164]

2024

  • Nell Stewart: former Canadian ambassador to Morocco[165][166][167]
  • Idrissa Traoré: former ambassador of Ivory Coast to Morocco[168]
  • Astanah Abdul Aziz : former Malaisian ambassador to Morocco.

Grand officer

1920

  • Sabino Rinella: Consul General of Italy in Tangier.
  • Khelil Bouhageb: President of the Municipality of Tunis.
  • Chedly El Okby: Governor of Cap-Bon in Nabeul.

1926

  • Duvernoy: Secretary General of the Protectorate.
  • Bertrand: French General and Commander of the Coastal Troops.

1927

  • Léon Champion: General Councillor of the Seine Department and Mayor of Maisons-Alfort.

1930

  • Henri Gamard: French Member of Parliament.

1932

  • Bénazet: Director of Indigenous Affairs
  • Colombani: Director of Public Health and Hygiene.

1933

1952

1954

1955

1956

  • Jean de Lipkowski : French Deputy.[174]

1999

  • Charles Josselin: Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Francophonie.[175]

2002

2004

2006

  • José Manuel de Carvalho Lameiras: Portuguese Ambassador to Morocco.[179]

2007

2008

2009

  • Brice Hortefeux: French Minister of Labor, Social Relations, Family, Solidarity and the city.[186]
  • Bruno Dethomas: Head of the European Commission delegation to Morocco.[187]
  • Yahia Abdeljalil Mahmoud: Sudanese Ambassador to Morocco.[188]
  • Gong Yuanxing: Chinese Ambassador to Morocco.[189]
  • Oswaldo Rivera: former minister and director of the cultural institute of Providencia.

2010

  • Haruko Hirose: Japanese Ambassador to Morocco.[190]
  • Rachida Dati: former French Minister of Justice [191][192]
  • Raymond Safia: former inspector general of the French national police.[193]
  • Othmane Ben Samine: Malaysian Ambassador to Morocco[194]

2012

  • Rafii Ben Achour: Tunisian Ambassador to Morocco.[195]

2013

  • Santiago Marcovich:former Peruvian ambassador to Morocco.[196]
  • Malcolm Hoenlein: Vice President of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations of the United States[197][198]
  • Mautner Markhof: former Austrian ambassador to Morocco[199][200]
  • Alberto Navarro: former Spanish ambassador to Morocco.[201]

2014

2016

  • Chafik Hajji: Tunisian Ambassador to Morocco.[203]
  • Alex Geiger Soffia: former Chilean ambassador to Morocco.[204]
  • Ronald Gerard Strikker: Dutch Ambassador to Morocco.[205]
  • Jose Gutierrez Maxwell: former Argentine ambassador to Morocco.[206]

2017

2018

  • Zvonimir Frka Petesic: former Croatian ambassador to Morocco.[213][214]
  • Suphorn Pholmani: former Thai ambassador to Morocco[215][216]

2019

  • Marek Ziolkowski: former Polish ambassador to Morocco.[217]
  • Anne Vasara: former Finnish ambassador to Morocco[218][219]

2020

  • Tran Quoc Thuy: Vietnamese Ambassador to Morocco.[220]
  • Yeshi Tamrat Bitew: former Ethiopian ambassador to Morocco.[221]
  • Ethem Barkan Öz: former Turkish ambassador to Morocco.[222]
  • Alex Geiger Soffia: former Chilean ambassador to Morocco[223][224]
  • Jacobo Cuyún: former ambassador of Guatemala to Morocco[225][226]

2021

  • Daniela Bazavan: former Romanian ambassador to Morocco.[227]

Commander

1919

  • René Thiérry: Secretary of the Embassy at the French Legation in Portugal.[228]

1920

  • Neigel: Director of the Muslim College of Rabat.[229]

1922

1926

  • Louis Jean Martin: Inspector General of Bridges and Roads.[230]

1937

1948

1950

1953

  • John Utter: Director for Africa at the US State Department.[235]
  • Duchateau: President of the Moroccan Association of Former Students of C.E.F Italy.[236]

1955

1970

1971

1995

2000

2002

  • Nabil Khoury: Consul General of the United States in Casablanca.[245]
  • Chira Ratanarat: consul général honoraire du Maroc en Thaïlande.

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

  • Enrique Mugica: Spanish Ombudsman (Mediator), former minister and historical figure of the PSOE.[262]
  • Maria Rosa de Madariaga: historian and specialist in Moroccan-Spanish relations and the Rif War.
  • Carmen Romero López: former deputy and activist for the rapprochement between Morocco and Spain.
  • Juan Goytisolo: the great friend of Morocco, writer and citizen of Marrakech.
  • Paquita Rumbao: assistant to several Moroccan ambassadors since independence.
  • Juan Antonio Mateos: Former Mexican Ambassador to Morocco[263][264]

2008

2009

2011

2012

  • Jacques Bourdillon: former manager at the national irrigation office.[277]
  • Tunç Ugdul: former Turkish ambassador to Morocco.[278]

2013

2014

2015

2016

  • Abderrahmane ben Mohamed Al Jedaia: Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Morocco.[298]
  • Md Monirul Islam: Bangladesh Ambassador to Morocco.

2017

2020

  • Baba Garba: Nigerian Ambassador to Morocco.[300]

2021

  • Dam Boontham: former Ambassador of Thaïland to Morocco[301][302]
  • David T. Fischer: former US Ambassador to Moroccoc.[303][304]
  • Bérénice Owen Jones: former Australian Ambassador to Morocco.[305]
  • LI Li: former Chinese Ambassador to Morocco.[306]
  • Mónica Renata Bolaños Pérez: former Ambassador of Guatemala to Morocco.[307]
  • Grecia Fiorda Pichardo De Camps: former Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Morocco[308][309]

2022

  • Takashi Shinozuka: Former Japanese Ambassador to Morocco.[310]

2024

  • Mohamed Ould Hanani: Ambassador of Mauritania to Morocco[311][312]
  • Keeyong Chung: Former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Morocco[313][314]

Officer

1927

  • Risterucci: civil controller.[315]

1975

1978

1992

1994

1995

  • Nikolaus Voegeli: Honorary Consul General of Morocco.[320]

1999

2001

2002

2004

2005

  • Juan Pena Fernandez.[328]

2007

  • Consul Général d`Espagne au Maroc.[329]
  • Manuel Palomo Romero: President of the Association of Former Residents of Al-Hoceima in Spain.[330]
  • Fréderic Damgaard: gallery owner, art critic and historian.[331]

2008

2009

  • Dimitris Haholiades: honorary consul of Morocco in Cyprus.[340]

2010

2011

  • Stefaan Vandevelde: President of the electrical and electronic distribution networks at the American group "Delphi" in Tangier.[342]
  • Meté Esin: Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish company Toros.[343]

2012

2013

  • Amani Abou Zeid: resident representative of the African Development Bank in Morocco.[126]
  • Ishtiaq Baig: honorary consul general of Morocco in Karachi.[127]
  • Horst Rudolph: executive chairman of the group "Yazaki Europe Limited".[346]

2014

2015

2016

2020

  • Panayotis N. Sarris: former Greek ambassador to Morocco[357][358]

2021

  • Barbara Bregato: Italian former ambassador to Morocco.[359]

Knight

1931

  • Robert Vaucher: Swiss journalist.[360]

1933

  • René Lepage: owner of the tanneries René Lepage.[361]

1955

2002

  • George François: former president of the Sylea Group[363][364]
  • Wieland Neuberth: President of the Roesner Company.[365]

2007

  • Dominique Nadjilla Mehadji: painter[366]

2012

2013

  • Honorary Consul of Morocco in Hong Kong.[368]

2014

  • Yannick Lintz: Director of the Department of Islamic Arts at the Louvre Museum in Paris.[345]

2017

  • Pham Truong Giang: former Vietnamese ambassador to Moroccoc.[369]

1943 ceremony

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Moroccan decree (dahir) which proclaims and confirms that the Order of Oissam Alaouite is conferred on Ernesto Burzagli in 1922.

In the opening scene of the film Patton, George C. Scott, portraying then-Major General Patton, is shown receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite. This was no mere Hollywood contrivance. Under Patton's command, Allied forces took Casablanca after only four days of fighting. So impressed was the Sultan of Morocco that he presented Patton with the special Order of Ouissam Alaouite, with the citation: "Les Lions dans leurs tanières tremblent en le voyant approcher" (The lions in their dens tremble at his approach).[375] Patton wryly described the ceremony as a "non-military activity,"[376] but in his memoirs, he does not fail to note the Operation Torch staff officers who were similarly honored on that occasion.[4]

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